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Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing... that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

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[–] doubletwist 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So it sounds like basically it's just client certificates?

[–] Spotlight7573 14 points 9 months ago

Basically, but with a separate public/private key pair per login so they aren't able to link your identity between sites or accounts with it and also synced or stored in a password manager so you don't lose them.

[–] IHawkMike 5 points 9 months ago

Yep! In fact you can still use client certificates in certain passkey/WebAuthN authentication flows. It's more or less how Windows Hello for Business works (although X.509 certificates are only one type of key it supports).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Basically but with better software and better branding.